What does this means?

[Mervyn1389]

Hello Community,I am buying rams and i have no idea which should i buy as my pc shows as PC3-10600 but shops sells>
DDR3 PC-1066 KINGSTON
DDR3 PC-1333 KINGSTON
DDR3 PC-1333 PATRIOT
Which is suitable?
Memory Type: DDR3 PC3-10600, DDR3 (non-ECC)
Maximum Memory: 16GB
Currently Installed Memory: 4GB
Total Memory Slots: 4
Available Memory Slots: 2

 

[Hawkeye22]

PC3 = DDR3
PC3-10600 = DDR3-1333

So, you can use DDR3-1333 for optimal performance.

The 10600 is the peak transfer rate. 1333 is the data rate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM